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tossitawayplz 47 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: A missing underscore sent innocent man to prison f...

This is absolutely insane, if the article is truly accurate they literally had NO evidence besides the user name (which was wrong.)

thephyber 47 days ago [–]

There was lots of evidence of a crime, just not evidence of the defendant doing it.

This is most likely super common for criminal trials outside of highly professionalized police and prosecutors.

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